More often than not I've found, a rut is a consequence of sticking to tried and tested methods that don't take into account how you or the world has changed.

We're a machine and we have to be worked in the same way we have to be fed.

I write. I have read a great deal. I enjoy books. I like the wit of languages. Even French I like. I like to be able to think in different modes. I like to be able to use the language a great deal and carry on rehearsals in French.

Whether it's a painter finding his way each morning to the easel, or a medical researcher returning daily to the laboratory, the routine is as much a part of the creative process as the lightning bolt of inspiration, maybe more.

Our guys have a vision of something bigger.

A commission is an invitation to fall in love.

I work because I have issues and questions and feelings and thoughts that I want to have a look at. I'm not in need of, or wanting, particularly, to know what other folk are up to.